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Woolstores: It's skaters' heritage too!
Every year the state of the old Woolstores building drifts in and out of the local media. Previous development applications for the site have been approved only for the owner to let them lapse. Yet when the state of the building gets raised, the owner predictably blames the council and its heritage preservation requirements. It's hard not to conclude that the owner either has no genuine interest in developing the site or is hoping the existing building will deteriorate to the point that council is forced to approve a complete demolition.
Save the Indigo Journal
It's not just community services and our public servants that are threatened by the Barnett government's mad program of cut backs, so too are some really important cultural institutions. Hilton resident and writer Liana Christensen is asking for your help in the battle to keep the Indigo Journal afloat.
Indigo emerged from a group of writers around the Fremantle Arts Centre has given many young and previously unpublished writers a break. Great writers like Amanda Lohrey, Alex Miller and David Malouf have all come through it pages. But just like the organisations who work with people with disabilities or care for the mentally ill, Indigo has to go cap in hand to government for piecemeal funding every year; and this time the government has knocked them back.
Capital Expenditure in the Hilton-Samson-O'Connor area 2010-2011
Below is a selection of the main capital expenditure projects that the council will be doing in our area in this financial year:
• Carrington St resurfacing (Lefroy to Winterfold and Sainsbury to Clarke) $181,400 (plus $176,400 from the State)
• South St /Paget St intersection (traffic lights) $203,000 (plus $243,000 from the State)
• South St/Ladner St intersection $80,000
• McCombe Ave/South St intersection (traffic lights) $150,000 (plus $200,000 from the State)
• Letchford St/Winterfold St $58,333 (plus $291,667 from the State and Cockburn Council)
• Stockdale Rd to Stock Rd bus stop $5,000
• Snook Cr (Sumpton to Holmes) $24,635
• Stock Rd (Garling St to Good Guys) $13,000
• Garling St (Stock Rd to car park) $8,250
We can support the Citizens Advice Bureau and other services too
Evidently volunteers at the Citizens Advice Bureau and some correspondents to the Herald have genuine fears that the service may be kicked out onto the street. They are right to point to the valuable support CAB gives to people in Fremantle.
However even if council decides to use the Queensgate site for a cyclists end-of-trip facility; I would be very surprised and disappointed if the majority of councillors didn't agree that the decision be dependant on finding an alternative premises for CAB.
In defending CAB some of its supporters have belittled the activities at the One-Stop-Shop in the hope of getting hold of its premises, or doubted the need for improved cycling facilities. This infighting is completely unnecessary.
Review of Hilton Local Area Planning Policy
The council's planning department has conducted a review of the Hilton Planning Policy including a new draft policy. This has been presented to council and is still being debated. I support the general thrust of the policy but remain keen to hear your views on it. The Hilton Precinct has already extensively canvassed the feelings of Hilton residents, but you still have time to express your views. If you haven't seen the draft policy already go to: http://www.freofocus.com/council/resource/2010.06.30_Planning_Services.pdf
Bike Plan...put outer suburbs on the map!
The city is in the midst of preparing a new Bike Plan to promote cycling in Fremantle. You might remember my dismay when I discovered that the consultants who had been commissioned to draft the plan had not included Samson or Hilton in the study area! After this was fixed these suburbs were included in the process. I'll let you know when the draft plan becomes public. I submitted a number of proposals especially relating to connecting Samson and Hilton into Fremantle [see below]. In addition Councillor Massie and I have also proposed that North-South bike paths be built on the Stock Rd reserve. There must be plenty of other cycling blackspots you know need fixing so let me know.
Bike lanes through intersections
Freo pulls pin on youth crisis accommodation service
Council is withdrawing from the provision of the youth crisis accommodation service (18-25 year olds) based in Quarry St. Essentially this is a state government service and the city is the contracted service provider. However council has been topping up the funding (just over $300K per year, nearly 50% of its income). The new service provider will not have this extra funding. Will they be able to provide the same level of service without cutting wages?
By no longer subsidising this service over $300K will be freed up for other council projects including other useful activities for youth. But there are some serious issues of policy at stake: the wages and conditions of staff, the level of service offered by the new operator and more.
Council drops individual GPS
In what is a great result for common sense and civil liberties; council management, the workforce and the Australian Services Union have agreed that parking officers will not carry individual GPS monitors. A number of councillors and I believed that the idea was out of step with community values and could have set a bad precedent. Thanks to everyone that spoke out on this issue.
We need new public transport initiatives for sustainability and to revitalise our city
The June 12 Herald newsclips briefly reported on council's decision to explore the possibility of making the whole city a Free Transit Zone. It's worth explaining the thinking behind this.
Everyone agrees that we need to revitalise the heart of Freo and make it a real hub of commercial, social and community life. However we are never going to be able to do this by offering the acres of free parking you find at Garden City. Instead we need to improve public transport and cycling facilities and services.
Comment on GPS in the workplace
The proposal by Council management to extensively use GPS tracking devices not just on vehicles and other such assets; but on the person of individual employees has understandably aroused a lot of concern. Not only are many Council employees and their union opposed to the proposal, but so too is a broad cross section of community opinion.
It is fair to say that the use of GPS tracking devices in this manner is completely out of step with contemporary community values. Recently the Fremantle Port Authority proposed a similar GPS system but the workforce and the Maritime Union of Australia rejected it and the proposal was dropped.


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A young friend of mine asked me in a letter, "What kind of man should I be? My answer was, "Be a fighter."另一个朋友问我:"怎样对付生活?(1>>'我仍旧答道:"做一个战士。"
Another friend of mine inquired, "How should I live my life?" Again my answer was,"Be a fighter."《战士颂》的作者曾经写过这样的话:
The author of In Praise of the Fighter says:"我激荡在这绵绵不息、傍沱四方的生命洪流中,我就应该追逐这洪流,而且追过它,自己去造更广、更深的洪流。"
Riding on the ceaseless rushing torrent of life, I should pursue and overtake it so as to create an even greater and deeper torrent of my own."我如果是一盏灯,这灯的用处便是照彻那多量黑暗。我如果是海潮,便要鼓起波涛(2)去洗涤海边一切陈腐的积物。"
-If I were a lamp, it would be my duty to light up thick darkness. If I were the sea tide, I would marshal rolling waves to cleanse the beach of all accumulated filth.这一段话很恰当地写出了战士的心情(3).
This quotation reflects aptly the state of mind of a fighter.在这个时代,战士是最需要的。但是这样的战士并不一定要持枪上战场。他的武器还可以是知识、信仰和坚强的意志。他并不一定要流仇敌的血,却能更有把握地致敌人的死命(4).
Fighters are badly needed in our time. But such fighters do not necessarily go to the battlefield gun in hand. Their weapons are not necessarily bullets. Their weapons may be knowledge, faith and strong will. They can bring the enemy sure death without drawing his blood.战士是永远追求光明的。他并不躺在晴空下享受阳光(5),却在暗认夜里燃起火炬,给人们照亮道路,使他们走向黎明(6)。驱散黑暗,这是战士的任务。他不躲避黑暗,却要面对黑暗,跟躲藏在阴影里的魅魅、蛆陋搏斗。他要消灭它们而取得光明。战士是不知道妥协的。他得不到光明便不会停止战斗。
A fighter is always in pursuit of light. Instead of basking in the sunshine under a clear sky, he holds a burning torch in the darkness of night to illuminate people's way so that they can continue their journey till they see the dawn of a new day. It is the task of a fighter to dispel darkness. Instead of shirking darkness, he braves it and fight


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Related factors to onset of post-traumatic stress disorder after road accidents
BY:Khodadadi N1, Ghanbari Khanghah A*2, Mousavi S.M 3, Khaleghdoost T4 ,
Moosavi MJ5
1) Department of Nursing(Psychiatric Nursing), Instructor,Guilan road trauma research center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Guilan University of Medical Science, Rasht, Iran
2) Depatment of Nursing (medical-surgical), Associate professor, Social determinants of health research center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Guilan University of Medical Science, Rasht, Iran
3) Depatment of Nursing, Instructor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran.
4) Department of Nursing(medical-surgical), Instructor, Social determinants of health research center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran
5) BS in Nursing, Imam Khomaeni hospital, Some Sara, Iran.
Received: 2012/06/09
Accept: 2012/11/05
Introduction: Traffic accidents are one of the most common causes of mental disorders associated to trauma, According to the prevalence, importance and complications of post traumatic stress disorder after the accident, examining the related factors can be a useful aid in screening and treatment of people at risk.
Objective: This study aimed to determine some variables related to post traumatic stress disorder after traffic accident.
Methods: In this descriptive cross sectional study, participants were chosen from orthopaedic and traumatic units of Poursina hospital in Rasht city. Data were collected at 1week and 2 months post-injury for 89 patients hosptalized in 2008. Instruments used included personal and psycho-social questionnaire, health related quality of life (SF 36 item), Self- Scale for PTSD Rating (SRS-PTSD) and Beck anxiety test
Results: Statistical results showed that 21 victims (22.5%) suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder one month after the accident. Depression mean score and SD was significantly higher in PTSD group (p=0.001). In addition the mean score and SD of duraion of hospitalization was higher in PTSD group ( p=0.03).
Conclusion: The findings suggest that some factors, such as depression and duration of hospitalization are related to post-traumatic stress disorder after an accident. Therefore it is recommended to avoid long-term and unnecessary hospitalization. In addition, psychiatric counselling immediately after accident and follow up of psychological symptoms, especially depression is recommended post-discharge .
Keywords: Stress disorders / Post-Traumatic, Accidents / Traffic, Wounds and Injuries
*corresponding.Author: Atefe Ghanbari Khanghah, Rasht, School of Nursing and Midwifery
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Every space movie in which there is a crash, I'm always convinced someone will be dead. Those crashes are intense and scary, and our bodies are fragile! I mean, really? Nobody dies? We've killed a few characters in this series, come to think of it.
I've been waiting to get Wells into this position since I first created him. Really.
I have been waiting for this reveal for almost two years! And there's no time to even enjoy it, because OMGWE'REGONNACRASH!
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Let's talk about PCOS 💙
PCOS, PCOD, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, Polycystic Ovarian Disease, Stein-Leventhal Syndrome…These are all names for a disorder that has impacted nearly every aspect of my life.
There are many misconceptions about PCOS. Some believe it's "just bad periods," or "just not having periods." Others believe PCOS is a result of being overweight, or that losing weight will cure it. There are even those who believe that PCOS is only a problem when you're trying to get (or stay) pregnant. And guess what? All of these people are just. plain. wrong. I am not insinuating that people who say/think such things are mean or malicious. Most of the time, they simply don't know. And how could I expect them to? Many doctors don't even fully understand PCOS.
****Before I get into the nitty-gritty of it all, I would like to make a brief disclaimer: I understand that things could be much worse. There are people in my sphere who have been through inconceivable amounts of grief, pain, anguish, etc…My health problems are inconsequential compared to such things. My health problems are also inconsequential in comparison to those dealing with issues like cancer, Alzheimer's, cystic fibrosis, sickle cell anemia, lupus, even type 1 diabetes. I am, in no way, under the impression that having PCOS is the hardest thing a person can deal with. I am simply sharing my experiences in the hopes of bringing awareness to a disorder that impacts millions of women, but is rarely talked about, and receives virtually no research dollars.****
Despite the name, not all women with PCOS have cysts on their ovaries (although most do). PCOS is a hormonal disorder that is marked by an increase in androgens, a decrease in progesterone, and the body being less responsive to insulin. These hormonal changes can cause a vast amount of different physical, emotional, and mental symptoms.
No one knows exactly what causes PCOS (although there is a genetic link), and there is no known "cure." However, medical, dietary, lifestyle, and herbal interventions can help with the severity of symptoms.
The difficult thing is that there's been so little in-depth medical research on PCOS, and the research that does exist is conflicting. Doctors genuinely don't know what to recommend to women. This is why "trial & error" ends up being the default for many women with PCOS.
A few of the most recognizeable symptoms of PCOS are ammemhorea (lack of periods), unexplained rapid weight gain, and severe pelvic pain.
When I was around 16, I started gaining weight rapidly. I had no idea why. I was a cheerleader, so I was working out in some capacity everyday. I didn't eat candy, soda, or typical "junk foods." I rarely ate processed foods because I was on a very low sodium diet. I was eating less than I had in previous years, but I was gaining weight. I can distinctly remember trying on my choir dress in my room and crying because it didn't fit. I remember the humiliation and shame I felt when I had to get the dress altered. I didn't know why I was gaining weight…. I felt so out of control.
Around the same time, I stopped having a period, and I didn't have one for over a year. I began experiencing severe ovarian pain, that, on some days, was debilitating to the point where one side of my body would collapse and I could barely walk. On my birthday three years ago, I had uterine pain so severe that it sent me to the emergency room. I was chronically fatigued, my skin was awful, my hair was falling out, I was depressed, and I felt puffy & inflamed constantly. These are not all of my symptoms, but the ones I have discussed so far are the ones that have impacted me most.
I've had kidney stones twice. Something many people don't realize is that having PCOS makes you more likely to have kidney stones. Women with PCOS are also far more likely than other women to develop type 2 diabetes, heart disease, endometriosis, uterine cancer, and ovarian cancer.
Through the help of different naturopathic doctors, personal research, prayer, and a lot of hard work on my diet & lifestyle, I have been able to deal with some of my symptoms. I have a semi-regular period, my skin is mostly cleared, and my severe ovary pain is not as frequent as it used to be. But I do still get ovarian pain, although less frequently…I am still fatigued most days, my hair still falls out, I still have issues with my weight, and, when I do have periods, my PMS is horrible.
PCOS is more than physical, though. Mental and emotional health also play a role. Anyone who has ever been around teenagers in puberty, a pregnant woman, or a woman entering menopause knows that hormones can make your mind and emotions a little "wacky." For me, this could look like crying for no reason whatsoever, feeling melancholy, or getting angry & frutrsrated quickly.
Women with PCOS often suffer from anxiety and depression. These are both things that I deal with in my own life. Sometimes I'm more depressed than anxious. More often, though, I'm more anxious than depressed. Some days, though, I'm neither, and I feel blessed to have those breaks. There are many women with PCOS who are in constant, unending states of anxiety and/or depression.
In addition to the chemical/hormonal ways my mental/emotional health is impacted, my emotions are impacted by the physical symptoms of PCOS. With PCOS, it's easy to feel less than worthy or less than what a woman should be. It's also easy to feel incredibly discouraged. I mean, working 4x as hard for a quarter of the results can be frustrating. Eating healthier than everyone I know and not looking visibly "thin" is kind of a bummer. I realize, though, that if I didn't work so hard, my PCOS would get out of control. I'd be miserable, in frequent pain, morbidly obese, and, more than likely, have type 2 diabetes.
I thank God that He allowed me to discover I had PCOS, so I could change my life & health accordingly. I deal with my PCOS everyday, but everyday I also try to learn & grow, and take more and more steps toward better health. I don't let discouragement or frustration get the better of me. I am able to keep my held high and trust that the God's got it handled 😘
Do you have PCOS? Do you know someone that does? Did you learn anything from this post? Do you have any questions? Let me know in the comments below or connect with me on Instagram/Twitter @girlgonecrunchy
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College Football Rankings: 5 Schools Ready To Hang it Up For the SeasonOctober 31, 2011
College Football Rankings: 5 Schools Ready To Hang it Up For the Season
Some college football teams' seasons were nightmares from the beginning, and basketball season couldn't start soon enough.
But for teams with BCS aspirations, much has changed over the last couple weeks, and the upcoming basketball season holds more hope.
The 2011 college football season is more than half over, and a handful of teams with dreams of a BCS birth have lost their way.
Those teams' seasons could already be considered busts, and there's still over a month left in the regular season.
Honorable Mention: Kansas Jayhawks
The Kansas Jayhawks football team never sniffed the Top 25, and nothing is going to change with that.
KU has lost six straight games, and they've given up over 40 points in their last seven contests.
It's safe to say Jayhawks nation can't wait to pack Allen Fieldhouse for another exciting college basketball season in Lawrence, KS.
Wisconsin Badgers
The Wisconsin Badgers had dreams of reaching the national championship this year after a solid 6-0 record to start the season.
Things have changed drastically in Madison over the last two weeks.
After falling short to the Michigan State Spartans on a miracle Hail Mary pass to end the game two weeks ago, the Badgers looked to bounce back this past weekend against the Ohio State Buckeyes.
No chance could the Badgers drop two straight games. No way could the Badgers lose on a Hail Mary pass two weeks in a row.
With less than a minute left this past Saturday, Buckeyes QB Braxton Miller completed a wide open 40-yard pass to WR Devin Smith which would result in the game-winning score.
Two weeks in a row, Wisconsin has lost on Hail Mary passes. Their dreams of reaching the national championship remain a dream and not reality.
West Virginia
The West Virginia Mountaineers had a solid season going until a couple of weeks ago. WV had just one loss prior to traveling to Syracuse for a Friday night game.
Syracuse ended up embarrassing West Virginia by 26 points.
West Virginia bounced back this past weekend by beating Rutgers 41-31, but the Mountaineers' second loss the previous week killed their BCS aspirations.
West Virginia is going to need some serious luck to wind up in a meaningful bowl game, but it doesn't seem like that will happen.
They barely squeaked by Rutgers, and their play has not been too promising.
Texas Longhorns
The Texas Longhorns are coming off their worst season under Mack Brown after finishing under .500 with a record of 5-7 in 2010.
Prior to putting a whooping on the Kansas Jayhawks this past weekend, the Longhorns were coming off two straight losses to Oklahoma and Oklahoma State.
Texas also had a QB controversy at the beginning of the season, which ended in Case McCoy taking Garrett Gilbert's starting job.
It seems like Texas finds a way to remain in the Top 25 each week, but the Longhorns' season won't end with any significance like the UT faithful expect year after year.
Kansas State Wildcats
Just like I suspected, the Kansas State Wildcats' undefeated season ended when they hosted the Oklahoma Sooners.
Not only did it end this past Saturday, the Sooners beat up on the Wildcats in front of their own fans.
Kansas State plays two ranked opponents in two of their next three weeks, and I strongly believe both will result in losses.
The Wildcats will also lose to the Texas A&M Aggies.
Kansas State definitely deserves some respect for the success they've generated on the field the first half of the 2011 college football season, but they got a reality check Saturday.
The people in Manhattan, KS, should get used to witnessing losing performances the rest of the season.
Michigan State Spartans
The Michigan State Spartans converted a miracle Hail Mary pass two weeks ago to beat the Wisconsin Badgers, but Sparty's luck ran out this past week when the team traveled to Lincoln, NE.
Michigan State ended up losing to the Nebraska Cornhuskers by a score of 24-3.
Just when Michigan State had hopes of being in a BCS bowl game, those hopes came crashing down.
Now, residents around the East Lansing area can't wait to watch Tom Izzo and the MSU hoops team do what they do on the hardwood.


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The increase in people's life expectancy means that they have to work older to pay for their retirement. One alternative is that people start to work at a younger age.
Is the alternative a positive or negative development?
Due to the developing competition between many countries in the world, some opinions argue that people should start to work in younger age, instead of working older in order to pay for their retirement. From an objective perspective, I strongly state that this is absolutely a negative development.
Firstly, the studying abilities of youngsters always are assessed higher than elders. The period of adolescent time should be used for consolidating their knowledge and working skills, and this will be a spring board to be a cutting edge of their occupation in future. Because, turning the deliberated eyes to this issue, governments, especially the developed nations, have been investing in the tertiary programs in order to rise the effect of human and financial resources , as well as leading the development of economy simultaneously. It is can name the cases of England, Australia, USA, etc, not only does the tertiary education play an important role in providing the great number of effective employees who come from those nations but also it has attracted others who come from other nations.
Furthermore, the occupation age is frequently synonymous with the class of experience, and it is obvious that youngsters could not win elders in this competition. Working experiences have been contributed day by day and this factor makes an employee who has capable of doing professional skills. For instance in Japan, with the law that extends the residents' working process, the economic efforts are ameliorated rapidly and obviously became the paragon for developing countries.
To conclude, as the aforementioned opinions, I strongly support the laws that extend the working age for retirement instead of encouraging to work early.
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It's only been a few months since we first heard Ford was suing professional wrestler John Cena for selling his recently-purchased GT supercar, breaching a contract he signed with the company promising he would keep the car for at least two years. Now, according to Cena, there was never any restriction in the paperwork he signed to sell the car to begin with.
If you're familiar with how Ford went about selling the GT, you'll know any person selected for ownership is required to sign a contract stating they will not resell the car for at least 24 months, lest they face legal action. According to TMZ, new court documents filed in Michigan say that the final contract Cena signed didn't include any language about having to keep the car two years before being able to sell it.
TMZ says Cena is now asking the Judge to throw out the case because he did nothing wrong.
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Elena Galitskaya
"Among the soloists, the most convincing is the young Russian Elena Galitskaya - with glowing well-articulated high notes and radiating an impressive stage presence..."
Elena Galitskaya was born in Dimitrovgrad, Russia and is based in Belgium. She originally studied choral conducting at Dimitrovgrad Conservatory before deciding to study singing. In 2007 she graduated from the Moscow Academy of Choral Arts.
- Sophie Massenet Werther; Pamina Die Zauberflöte – Teatro Verdi, Trieste
- Fiorilla Rossini Il Turco in Italia and Micaela Carmen – Opéra de Dijon
- Servilia Mozart La Clemenza di Tito – Drottningholms Slottsteater, Sweden
- Italian Singer Strauss Capriccio – La Monnaie, Brussels; Theater an der Wien
- Ilia Idomeneo; Eurydice Orphée et Eurydice; Zerlina Don Giovanni; Despina Così fan tutte – Opéra de Lyon
- Contessa de Folleville Rossini Viaggio a Reims – Oper Graz
Plans this season and beyond include her debut at Oper Graz to sing Contessa di Folleville Viaggio a Reims and Lisette La Rondine for Théâtre du Capitole (Toulouse). In 2018 Elena makes her opera debut with Festival d'Aix-en-Provence.
Other recent roles include Italian Singer in Strauss Capriccio La Monnaie Brussels (House Debut), Servilia La Clemenza di Tito for Drottningholms Slottsteater, Sweden; roles in Monteverdi L'Orfeo for Opéra National de Lorraine, Nancy conducted by Christophe Rousset; Fiorilla in Rossini Il Turco in Italia in Christopher Alden's production for Opéra de Dijon; Sophie in Massenet Werther at the Teatro Verdi, Trieste and Italian Singer in Strauss Capriccio for the Theater an der Wien. Elena recently returned to Opéra National de Lorraine for Echo Ariadne auf Naxos, where she was also invited to give a solo recital.
In 2009, Elena made her operatic debut with Opéra de Lyon, singing Lyusya in the Shostakovich operetta Moscow, Cheryomushki and was immediately re-engaged to sing Laurie Moss in Aaron Copland The Tender Land. Since then, roles at Lyon have included Zerlina Don Giovanni, Despina Così fan tutte, Barbarina Le nozze di Figaro, Frasquita Carmen, Italian Singer Capriccio, Ilia in Mozart Idomeneo and Eurydice in Gluck Orphée et Eurydice.
On the concert platform, Elena has sung Mozart Requiem, Bach St John Passion, Mendelssohn Elijah, Schubert Mass in C, Honegger Jeanne d'Arc and Mahler Symphony no 8, working with conductors including James Conlon, Yuri Temirkanov, Krzysztof Penderecki, Dmitri Jurowski, Kirill Karabits and Thomas Sanderling. She has also appeared regularly with the Moscow Virtuosi and Vladimir Spivakov.
A keen recitalist, Elena has sung the lieder of Schumann, Strauss and Wolf and the songs of Fauré, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Taneev and Rimsky-Korsakov at venues including the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, De Singel Arts Centre, Antwerp and also in Paris, Liège, Nantes, Brussels and Bratislava.
The recipient of several awards, in 2011 Elena won the Belgian Radio and Television Audience Prize at the prestigious Queen Elizabeth International Singing Competition in Brussels. In 2010 she became an HSBC Laureate of the Académie Européenne de Musique of the Festival International d'Art Lyrique d'Aix en Provence and also was awarded a special prize at the International Francisco-Vinas Competition in Barcelona.
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Allison Peterson is the Property Manager at Mount Royal Manor and Jefferson Square in Duluth and has been with Sherman Associates for six months. Peterson runs day-to-day operations, and is responsible for marketing and leasing apartments. She provides excellent customer service while ensuring all community spaces and apartment units are exceptional homes for current and future residents. Her positive attitude, strong attention to detail, desire to go above and beyond, and dedication to her work is evident as her role and approach has become a benefit to residents, vendors and co-workers.
Peterson was raised watching her mother and grandfather operate a property management company out of Southern Minnesota, which ignited her interest in the industry. Her experience includes working as a real estate administrative assistant, various internships in marketing and management and four years of rental home management in Duluth. Peterson holds a Bachelor's Degree in Management, Marketing, and Communication from University of Minnesota-Duluth.


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CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - April 10, 2014) - Formation Fluid Management Inc. (TSX VENTURE:FFM) (the "Company" or "Formation Fluid") wishes to announce that further to its news release dated April 2, 2014, the Company has amended the terms of its non-brokered private placement of units (the "Offering") to reduce the number of warrants to be issued. Each unit (a "Unit") will now consist of one common share (a "Share") and one half of one common share purchase warrant (each whole warrant, a "Warrant").
Under the Offering, the Company will issue up to 11,111,111 Units at a price of $0.18 per Unit for gross proceeds of up to $2,000,000. Each Warrant will entitle the holder thereof to purchase an additional common share of the Company at an exercise price of $0.25 per share for 24 months from the closing of the Offering.
The Company reserves the option to increase the Offering size by 10% to allot and issue up to an additional 1,111,111 Units at the issue price of $0.18 per Unit for additional gross proceeds of up to approximately $200,000.
The securities issued in connection with the Offering and any shares issued in connection with the exercise of Warrants will be subject to a statutory hold period of four months plus a day from the date of issuance of the Units in accordance with applicable securities legislation. Closing of the Offering is subject to a number of conditions, including receipt of all necessary corporate and regulatory approvals, including the TSX Venture Exchange.
It is intended that the net proceeds of the Offering will be used primarily for construction of new water treatment plants and as well as general operating capital.
About Formation Fluid
Formation Fluid Technology has developed a waste water treatment plan that uses a proprietary process to clean waste water. The system is mobile and can be scaled to process required volumes. This system treats water to meet or exceed CCME Guidelines (Canadian Environmental Quality Guidelines), resulting in reusable water that can be used for: Boilers, Frac Water, Water Floods, and Drilling Operations. Formation Fluids is seeking to service a significantly underdeveloped segment within the oil and gas industry; its waste water treatment system is intended to cost effectively deal with produced water while satisfying the need to reuse and recycle an increasing valuable resource. For more information, please visit: www.formationfluid.com or contact Investor Relations at (403) 887-8874.
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"how Much it will cost to insure now a villa in Florida keys?", questions Carlos González-Antón, professor of Administrative Law at University of León. This lawyer specializing in environmental law raises this question to air a week after hurricane Irma had hit Florida and caribbean islands. Its effects, finally, have not been so disastrous as was anticipated. And insurance companies are on radar of investors to analyze how y affect se phenomena in ir accounts.
These extremes of wear are a real trouble for insurance industry. "Hurricanes cause destruction significant as a result of wind damage, tidal surges and flooding. The fact that scientists warning of more severe storms in future is truly alarming to insurance companies", explains Patrick mac sharry, member of Smith School of Enterprise and Environment University of Oxford. "Hurricane Katrina [2005] generated insured losses of a total of 96,000 million dollars and re have been ten hurricanes that have caused insured losses of more than 10,000 million dollars," adds mac sharry, who, besides working in academic field, he advises private sector, "where are growing concerns about economic impacts of climate change."MORE INFORMATION
- rain of Harvey overflows reservoirs of Houston
- Trump withdraws U.S. from Paris Agreement to combat climate change
But, how does global warming affect hurricane —generated in Atlantic and typhoons — Pacific—? "Climate change affects all aspects of time: challenge is to figure out exactly how. For increase of temperature and sea level rise, impacts are known reasonably well. For everything else, it still needs a little more research," points Seteve Jewson, manager of company, RMS, that is dedicated to advise on financial impact of climatic disasters to businesses, mainly insurance companies.
"we Know that one of effects that climate change is having is increase of temperature of oceans," adds Juan A. Añel, doctor in Physical Sciences and Ramón y Cajal researcher of University of Vigo. And for a hurricane forms, it is necessary "a high enough temperature of surface of ocean," he says. "Therefore, climate change increases odds of generating hurricanes and y are stronger," says Añel, who has also worked in field of financial risk of extreme events.
One of agencies, pioneers in monitoring of hazards economics of climate change is Bank of England, that semi-annual reports of assessment of this problem. By end of 2015 performed an analytical essay on insurance sector. And it warned that insured losses —which are covered by policies— has skyrocketed in past 30 years, going from 10,000 to millions of dollars per year in eighties to 50,000 in past decade.
And se figures fall short after last event ends. The company RMS estimates that, in case of Harvey — or hurricane that hit US in August— losses insured will be between 25,000 and 35,000 million dollars only in Texas and Louisiana.
"re Probably will not be any industry that is looking at and thinking about effects of climate change such as insurance," explains Jewson. "As scientific modeling to improve insurance industry will begin to charge more for additional risk of climate change," says mac sharry. "The maps of flood risk in Uk are already affecting housing prices," adds this british researcher.
Interestingly, se two major hurricanes —Irma and Harvey— have struck a country in which fight against climate change —at least from White House— is in decline after departure, which was decided by Donald Trump of Paris Agreement. Can this mean start of a legal battle against Authorities that do not act against warming? "In U.S. some individuals have already sued States for lack of foresight and action against climate change", explains professor Gonzalez-Anton. "Although results are not conclusive yet."
mac sharry, by looking at insurance sector, highlights positive experiences of public-private collaboration. But he adds: "In situations where Governments openly deny climate change and ignore all evidence scientists, certainly re will be scope for legal battles over who pays for economic losses". "This will test our legal systems".
"Some small island States want to use path of legal action," explains Jewson in respect of countries most affected by increase in level of sea, which, in your opinion, is greatest risk to warming in long term. However, Jewson believes that path of litigation will not be followed by insurance industry, which is working to raise awareness "to Governments around world about risks and prevention". "Looking for more collaboration than litigation," he notes.
Collaboration, for example, to cover large "gap protection" that exists. "Many people exposed to disasters are not covered by insurance," he warns Jewson. "In U.S. we saw in aftermath of hurricane Harvey, which many people do not have flood insurance. There are similar problems with respect to insurance against earthquakes in USA and insurance of all kinds in China and in developing countries", he concludes.


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|The Square Restaurant, Mayfair
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"For someone who resists change for the sake of it I am only ever impressed by equipment that is simple to use and delivers consistent results. The Culinary Innovations circulators are not only great pieces of kit but they are well made and reliable too. Whilst I do not use them as much as some they are certainly my first choice when doing so. James Graham's understanding of water bath cookery is hugely impressive – particularly so to me as he is equally aware of their strengths and weaknesses for a variety of applications and a large repertoire of ingredients".
Phil Howard, Chef/Proprietor
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"Culinary innovations have been at the heart of our development kitchen here in Padstow from its inception. After watching the great master class given by James Graham in our cookery school and watching how the equipment handled a wide variety of tasks we were sold. We decided on an Orved SV-31 vacuum packer which is better than any I have ever seen, and the Diamond immersion circulator. Since then they have had a vital role in all of our recipe development for Rick's new book, as well as all of our 8 kitchens throughout Cornwall. The support from Culinary Innovations has been excellent and the after sale knowledge is impeccable. It hasn't failed us and I have never used such a robust system before or since.."
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"Throughout my career I have always sought new and innovative ways to improve quality and consistency in my kitchen. The sous vide approach is no exception. I have been using FusionChef™ by Julabo to develop my sous vide cooking for a considerable time now and have been able to realise its true potential in a traditional English pub environment. Working with Culinary Innovations has enabled me to have confidence on a practical level to improve kitchen techniques, efficiency and profitability. The potential uses of using sous vide as a precise cooking method are endless: the peace of mind that chef's skills remain consistent, the attention to detail, the capacity to broaden food horizons and the fresh approach between science and the practicalities of running a busy kitchen provide many benefits to my business."
Sean Hope, Chef Patron
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"Sous vide has been around for a number of years - I remember in the mid-eighties we had a vacuum packing machine in the Boulestin Restaurant in Covent Garden and nobody knowing what to do with it. Now things have changed and the addition of the water bath into the modern kitchen has revolutionised the way Chefs can operate - with great accuracy and consistency. I have worked on these machines to perfect cooking methods for the last five years and now can't live without the kit- both in our restaurant J Bakers in York or in my work with retailers like Waitrose, Asda and Morissons. It is worth noting that I am not alone - go into any 1 Michelin Star Restaurant or above kitchen and you'll find sous vide being used. I have worked with Culinary Innovations for the last 3 years and they are our 'one stop shop' for all things sous vide - whatever your budget'
Neil Nugent, Executive Head Chef at WM Morrisions & Owner of J Bakers Bistro Moderne, York
The Hit List UK - Top 50 Restaurants outside London
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"I have been working with Culinary Innovations for three years now since I wanted to increase the number of covers at our restaurant. The FusionChef™ by Julabo water baths and the Orved vacuum packer have allowed me to achieve this goal successfully without adding pressure to an already busy kitchen. The results are precise, reliable and consistent. The creative possibilities are endless with the sous vide approach to cooking - I wouldn't do without it! I have found Culinary Innovations to be excellent for their customer service - always there to help and advice if needed."
Eric Guignard, Chef Patron
Best London Restaurant in the Good Food Guide 2010
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"Fusion Chef™ water baths and Orved vacuum packing machines have become an essential and indispensable part of Allium's kitchen operation across all of our business units, including event catering, delicatessen and most importantly our contemporary fine dining restaurant. The equipment supplied by Culinary Innovations has given us a degree of accuracy and consistency that I believe would be impossible to achieve without them. The water baths and vacuum packing machines have repaid our investment many times over."
James Graham, Chef Proprietor
South West Restaurant of the Year 2008
|The Lighthouse Restaurant, Kibworth Beauchamp
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"As we entered our tenth year of business, we really wanted to push the boundaries and explore new techniques in food preparation and cooking systems that are available to erstwhile super chefs. Culinary Innovations proved to be an excellent source of help and information in particular, in enabling us to grasp the concept of the sous vide system (vacuum packer and water bath). The equipment has become essential in our work. Not only has it assisted us to move our food up to a new level, but it has had a massive impact on out buying and gross profit. Culinary Innovations have been extremely helpful and supportive to our business. We would have struggled to embrace and afford the concept of sous vide without their comprehensive training course and their willingness to spend time answering our initial questions on what was a new method of cooking to us. They opened our eyes to this innovative approach to food handling and made it accessible."
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Satan's Hollow
The Game: It's the ultimate, cataclysmic battle between good and evil – expressed as a variation on the basic theme of Phoenix! Hellish green flying demons try to formation-dive your well-armed, devil-fryin' vehicle at the bottom of the screen. Each time you knock one of this gargoylesque beasties out of the sky, they drop a piece of a bridge you must drag over to the appropriate spot on the screen. When you're close to completing the bridge, the Prince of Darkness sends in some heavier artillery – a spooky floating demon head who spits fire at your cannon – to do away with you. Once you've toasted the flying meanies out of the sky and cross the bridge, it's time to do battle with Satan himself, though he starts out looking a little bit like that cute little mascot you see on cans of deviled ham. (Bally/Midway, 1981)
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Eyes Closed: Diving into the Virtual
Publication Date
April 2015
Jonathan Cutler, Robyn Autry
English (United States)
Abstract The proliferation of modern technological innovation has transformed society by bring us closer and closer together and virtual existence as well as alternate modes of being in the world have long been an interest of creative minds. The realm of the virtual has come to dominate society in many ways and recent breakthroughs in technological computing and hardware design have brought scientists and programmers closer to their dreams of using new technologies to augment human reality so that our population can reach new heights. The realms of art, culture and technical production industries have represented through the genre of science fiction a transcendence that technologies could potentially help society achieve and these representations often illuminate widespread cultural anxieties about the present or near future brought on by innovative design. I dive into the interesting dialectic between critical theorists, film producers and movies as well as technological entrepreneurs with the purpose of uncovering collective attitudes regarding human beings relationship to technological objects, especially those once considered objects of science fiction. This project illuminates and explores the creative as a site for contemplating our presents and futures with innovative technologies such as virtual reality that enables access to alternate modes of existence. Though my own creative non-fiction piece I call for a new order, providing a feminine perspective that privileges the role of the unconscious in waking life and calls into question our current relationship to the virtual. In doing so, I wish to reorient the dominant narrative of access and transcendence by means of man-made computer simulations to that of the ephemeral space of dreams and the immaterial.
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Ajayi, Dorothy Mae, "Eyes Closed: Diving into the Virtual" (2015). Honors Theses - All. 1493.
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As we get closer to our retirement years, we start to worry. And with good reason: for most of us, our income is not secure. It's a scary thought, and one that we don't like to think about, let alone talk about. After all, what if we can't live the life we want to? What if we can't afford to live at all!? And yet we know that, sooner or later, we need to do something. But there are so many other things that need our attention today that it's easy to put off thinking about tomorrow until... well, tomorrow. Sound familiar?
According to Statistics Canada, fewer than 25 per cent of Canadians working in the private sector have an employer-sponsored pension plan, and most of these don't guarantee payouts. An additional 27 per cent have a Group RRSP. But, like defined contribution plans, Group RRSPs don't guarantee a specific income in retirement.
That leaves Canadians with the responsibility of planning for their retirement and long-term investments themselves. Unfortunately, according to the Canadian Payroll Association, Canadians aren't keeping up with those responsibilities. Almost half of Canadian employees are putting away only 5 per cent or less of their pay, and 73 per cent say they have put aside less than a quarter of what they'll need in retirement.
The first step is to get a really good picture of your current financial situation:
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What do you want your retirement to look like? Do you want to spend more time with friends and family? Travel to new places? Change careers and work just for the love of it?
Once you have an idea of the lifestyle you want to live after you retire, try to imagine what the cost of that lifestyle will be. How does it differ from you current expenses? For example:
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Welcome to the Penguin Luv Link up!!
This is a weekly linkup for handmade products from your online shop. The goal is to help promote your business and get your items seen by new groups of people . To make that happen, it's important that you share the link up and other products so it will grow and help you to gain exposure! I can't wait to see all of the amazing products in the link ups!!
Our first linkup was well beyond anything I could have hoped for with a whopping 39 links, 72 clicks, and 111 views!! Super exciting!! Thanks so much for joining in and sharing!!
Pumpkin Amigurumi Plush by Kiser Krafts
Dinosaur Birthday Banner by Adore By Nat
Ballads of the Unseen: Song of Awakening by Lise Brandes
Turquoise Blue and Amber Gold Dangle Glass Charm Beaded Bracelet by Dianes Dangles
Peacock Bangle Bracelets (Set of 2) by Wilde Designs
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Be sure you take the time to go check out these amazing shops this week! The featured shops are all wonderful! They not only have amazing products, but are great people to connect with! In case you were wondering, one of the items featured is from a relatively new author who has self published 2 books and is working on the next in the series. She happens to be one of my best friends (which had no role in her being featured). But I have read her books and love her work as well. 🙂
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EXETER — A borough man who was dumped and kicked out of the house called police claiming his ex-girlfriend sexually assaulted her own daughters, but instead found himself facing criminal charges for choking her during the break-up, according to police.
Andrew Peter Rose, 34, formerly of 243 Birchwood Estates, is accused of choking his ex-girlfriend and hitting her on the head with a cellphone during a struggle at the mobile home on the morning of Jan. 20.
According to a police affidavit, officers were dispatched to the home to a report that two girls had been sexually abused by their mother. After interviewing the family, police determined the allegations Rose lodged against his ex, Terri Burney, were unfounded, police said.
Burney told police that Rose had taken her car without permission and returned high and drunk around 4:30 a.m. After an argument that ended when Rose passed out, Burney went through his cellphone and found messages to other women on a dating app, according to the complaint.
Rose was awakened around 8 a.m. to Burney breaking up with him and trying to kick him out of the house, police said. Rose began cursing and broke Burney's phone before choking her and hitting her, according to the complaint.
Hearing the struggle, Burney's daughters came to the bedroom door and tried to get inside, the affidavit says. After denying hitting Burney, Rose opened the door and began arguing with the girls, telling Burney's 15-year-old daughter to "shut the (expletive) up and go get pregnant or something," according to police.
Rose then got dressed and knocked things over on his way out of the home, police said. After he left, the family locked the doors and watched him remove a large ziplock bag from the car, according to the complaint.
The charges say that Rose also threatened to call the police and get Burney in trouble so she would lose her children, and that Burney was unable to call the police because Rose took her cellphone.
Police charged Rose with a felony count of strangulation as well as misdemeanor counts of simple assault, harassment and disorderly conduct.
Magisterial District Judge Joseph J. Carmody arraigned Rose on Tuesday morning and released him on $7,500 unsecured bail. A preliminary hearing was set for Feb. 26.
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Coach Stevens is a 1988 graduate of Canton McKinley Senior High School, where he played JV basketball as a sophomore and junior. He then played for the Boys Club high school team where he helped lead that team to win the P.A.L State Basketball Championship in 1988. Korey is also a 2012 inductee into the Boys Club Hall of Fame.
Coach Stevens got started coaching youth basketball at the Y.M.C.A in 1992 and continued to coach until he was officially hired as an assistant coach at Hartford Middle School in 2008. He served as an assistant for two years, one under Bryant Bowden and the other under his JV coach, Mike Elliott, winning one Federal League Championship in 2010. He then served as the Hartford Middle School Head 7th and 8th coach from 2011 – 2013.
The past two years, Coach Stevens has served as the head freshman coach at Timken High School where his teams won back-to-back PAC 7 Championships. He was also the JV & varsity assistant coach under Mike McClesky and Rick Hairston. This year he serves as the head freshman coach of the black.Coach Stevens has been working in Canton City School District since 2005 in various positions. He is currently the Behavioral Interventionist at McKinley Freshman Academy.
Korey attended Hocking Technical College and has his BA from Grand Canyon University in Elementary and Special Education. He has one daughter Korie Stevens, one godson who is just like my real son Coreon Brown and is married to his beautiful wife Valerie Stevens.
Coach Stevens says: "I cherish this opportunity to coach at my Alma Mater and I look forward to the challenge of developing boys to men."


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175 years of the Akron Beacon Journal
Celebrating 175 years of the Akron Beacon Journal
Updated: September 21, 2014 - 01:37 AMToday we are looking back …and forward. This section celebrates the Akron Beacon Journal's 175th birthday and takes a look into the future of your source of essential local news and advertising content.
A day in the life of the Beacon Journal: 365 employees working 24/7
Updated: September 19, 2014 - 04:01 PMNate Ulrich sits at his laptop, furiously typing away while some 60,000 people seated nearby just look the other way.
Larger-than-life figures give paper personality
Published: September 15, 2014 - 07:23 PMNewsrooms just seem to collect colorful characters, but a few stand out as being larger than life.
John S. Knight blazed the trail and left a legacy
Updated: September 21, 2014 - 07:06 AMIf you had a dollar for every time a Beacon Journal reader, writer or editor has complained that something in the newspaper sent John S. Knight "spinning in his grave," you'd have almost as much cash as the Beacon Journal legend accumulated during his incredible half-century career.
Beacon Journal moves forward to capture changing audience
Updated: October 24, 2014 - 10:36 AMIf we are thinking about the next 175 years of the Beacon Journal, let's put aside notions of home delivery on Mars or direct transmission of top stories to a chip in your brain. Maybe those things will happen, Maybe not. Nobody knows.
Woman, 91, recalls her years as paper's first 'copy girl'
Published: September 15, 2014 - 07:18 PMConnie DiCeglio can thank miscommunication for her job at one of Akron's biggest communication companies.
Changes in culture, technology, readers' lives reflected in our pages
Updated: September 19, 2014 - 05:43 PMThere's no denying it: We used to be a pudgy thing. Wider. Thicker.
1978 interview with John S. Knight touches on his legacy, state of newspapers
Updated: September 21, 2014 - 01:24 AMThis interview, conducted two days before John S. Knight's 84th birthday in 1978, was one of his last interviews before Knight died in 1981.
Stuart Warner: The Corners have come full circle
Updated: September 19, 2014 - 05:57 PMTrue story — as opposed to some of the other tales I told when I began writing Warner's Corner 30 years ago.
Charlene Nevada: This was Action Line
Updated: September 19, 2014 - 05:50 PMTurning an old shower stall into a cage for an overgrown pet woolly monkey.
Al Fitzpatrick: Blazing a trail
Updated: September 19, 2014 - 06:00 PMIn the 1950s it was almost impossible for a person of color to get a job in the white-dominated newsrooms of America's newspapers.
Timeline of Beacon Journal history
Published: September 19, 2014 - 03:20 PMApril 15, 1839 — Hiram Bowen, backed by businessmen who want a Whig newspaper to campaign for creation of a county centered on Akron, publishes the first edition of the Summit Beacon.
Fascinating facts and festive figures about Beacon Journal
Published: September 15, 2014 - 07:20 PMIt would take 175 years to give the complete history of the Akron Beacon Journal. Since we don't have that kind of time today, let's go over some highlights.
Readers, staff and alumni share memories of the Beacon Journal
Updated: September 19, 2014 - 06:07 PMReaders' memories
Beacon Journal Pulitzer Prizes
Updated: September 19, 2014 - 05:58 PM1968: Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing for John S. Knight, for a selection of his Editor's Notebook weekly columns, largely opposing the Vietnam War and defending the public's right to protest. He had begun the column in 1936 and wrote it for four decades, "in a style that would range from the wistfully poetic to the angry and agonizing," according to Knight biographer Charles Whited.
2014 marks our 175th birthday and to celebrate we want to share some of the most notable pages in our paper's history. Take a look back at various historical moments featured in the Beacon Journal over the past 175 years. Click each link below to see images of our paper when each event occurred.


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1) The perfect female protagonist
She's 100% benevolent towards everybody. She has no self-preservation instinct. She always feels guilty about things she didn't do in a perfect way, even if she was defending herself at that moment. She thinks of others all the time and never on herself. She'll never say mean words, feel jealous or moody, be lazy, have human flaws or make wrong choices in her life or love interests. She's always the well behaving girl who never does anything wrong. She's an unreachable model of a perfect heroine.
2) The heroine or hero who dies at the end for no understandable reason.
They die after three or more books. Usually they sacrifice themselves for a minor character or it only happens for no reason that makes sense to you as a reader, after all they were so resourceful to the very (frustrating) end.
You just invested a long time reading and caring about them so that they would die for something that could have been easily avoided. And what for? Sometimes the end of the story just feels like a devastating funeral after that, worse yet if this happens in the middle of the story and the book goes on, now devoid of the character who gave it life. It feels to me like a cheap story device, that old story of "kill your darlings", like if the writer is tired of the character and wants to be sure he/she won't write more about him/her in any future books because they so conveniently died.
What's the problem with letting the main character live in the end? Has that turned into a cliche lately? Or is it the other way around?
3) The protagonist's bad family where only the father is a good guy.
Poisonous bad mothers, not so nice siblings and a loving, flawless father completely unrelated to all those problems in an unrealistic way have become so frequent in books that I feel like yawning every time I find them in yet another book. Why not try to change it a bit?
4) The perfect romance that goes on for 350 pages or longer.
All right, perhaps I'm being a grumpy person here. But when I start reading a so called urban fantasy or paranormal fantasy book I expect romance to be interlaced with fantasy or a bit of story at least. Nothing against a bit of romance here and there, but if I wanted only to read about the perfect romance among two – completely devoid of human flaws and drawbacks – characters, I would perhaps look for a book in the romance genre.
5) Good people, bad people and nothing in between.
Good characters who never make a mistake and are never weak, calculating or mean. Bad characters who are incapable of doing anything good. The world isn't like that.
6) Description that slows the pace down to a point you have to jump fifty pages to see if anything will happen.
After ten pages of description, ten of setting and other ten of uninteresting backstory you feel really sad you bought the book and started reading it. You jump fifty pages to see if anything will happen only to see that you lost track of the little bits of plot scattered in the pages you skipped.
7) Secondary characters who say only nice things to the main character.
"You know nothing John Snow." How refreshing is that? Ygritte wasn't only a secondary character and love interest, she also had a mind and voice of her own. And this is a well written secondary character.
8) The romantic heroine who feels attracted to a guy who tried to kill her one page ago.
Usually the given reason is that the dangerous guy is so good looking that the heroine can't help herself but have romantic thoughts and butterflies in her belly when she looks at him.
Really? This doesn't seem to me like something a sane woman would do, and it does looks contrived even in a romantic story. Apart from that, as a parent, I don't think we should be teaching young girls that the violent guy is the hero for them. Often you will find enough apologies in the story, that the guy was trying to kill, or was hurting them, because he knew no better, or he was in a twisted way trying to protect them. I think this all leads to an inversion of values that can at least be misleading to young girls and boys too.
9) Secondary characters who change magically from hating into liking the protagonist
I was reading a story where the protagonist had a brother who hated her. I didn't find any clue on the first one hundred pages as to why he felt like that or as to why he would treat her badly all the time. Eventually his irritating rude behavior changed to a new direction without any given reason.
I was thinking: "Does the author expects me to sympathize with this character now? But I was annoyed with him one page ago." If the author had any reasons for the character changes I didn't get it from reading the story. So that remains a mystery…
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10) Characters who lack sense of humor and can't laugh about themselves or the situations they are in.
A story without humor is like food without seasoning. The irony of life shouldn't go unnoticed, that's what makes readers laugh and relate to a character.
So make us laugh, we'll love your characters and your story for that.


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Not even our dead are safe from the political games being played on the stage of a homeland opening up to profits.
Case in point: the half-page ad, in the Miami Herald's otherwise respectful obituary page, illustrated with a map of Cuba and titled in bold, "An Open Letter from National Funeral Homes."
In oddly phrased English and combative tones worthy of Cold War-era Granma, the funeral home touts a 20-year-history of "re-uniting Cuban families in Cuba with deceased ones who died in the United States while other Hispanic funeral homes worried about the politics."
This service, National claims, has been provided despite "opposition, from detractors and running against the wind." Apologies should go to rocker Bob Seger for the strange dragging of the classic phrase in his song into the offensive mess this ad becomes, line after line.
"It's free gratis — for nothing," continues the ad, as if funeral homes actually delivered no-cost services.
National has "friends" in Cuba who can bury your deceased loved ones in family pantheons, the ad promises. These friends also can "retile, repair and repaint your family's burial heritage" — you know, exiles, reclaim that other piece of property you also left behind in the cemetery! Or, if you prefer, they also deliver cremated remains door to door.
"Family like soldiers are [sic] not left behind, with a desire to be repatriated to the fatherland, even in death, even in death."
Being buried in Cuba is legal, but if you've buried loved ones who mourned their entire lives the loss of a homeland — and died with plenty of dignity in exile — you're nauseated enough by now.
But the picture gets more offensive.
The funeral home at 151 NW 37th Ave. implicitly attacks all of us thoughtless Cuban Americans for burying our dead here.
In Cuba, the ad says, "you are buried next to family and friends, not, next to perfect strangers in Miami cemeteries, after paying thousands for a simple water logged hole in the ground."
The person who wrote the ad identified himself to me as Rafael Al-Khalifa, although a staff member identified him as Rafael Mohabir.
Florida Department of Law Enforcement records list him as using the aliases Sheik Rafayi Al-Khalifa and Hilbert Mohabir.
The funeral home is listed under the state's fictitious names register by Hilbert Mohabir, as are all the funeral home land lines and the cellphone from which he and staff called me.
Whatever his name really is, he uses Hispanic staff to lure customers and continues operating, despite complaints against him for unsavory business practices. Records show the state's Division of Funeral, Cemetery and Consumer Services has in the past denied him a license to operate.
But Al-Khalifa/Mohabir tells me that he's actually a Good Samaritan who has "buried all the balseros that have landed here."
"The Cuban community knows me," he adds. "I have never made a profit."
I tell him the complaints against him on various listing and consumer review services on the Internet say different: that he has sold services to elderly people who later find out what they purchased doesn't exist; that no service is free — on the contrary, people complain that they end up with undisclosed charges as the process of body removal, viewing, shipping or burying moves along.
He tells me he does 10 "ship outs" a week to Cuba, Nicaragua and Guatemala for free. He rails against Catholic cemeteries that he says are burying people in "water-logged graves." (As if Cuba, in the news constantly after torrential rains, was immune from flooding.)
I tell him that a spokeswoman for State Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater says that there's no license registered for National Funeral Homes to operate.
"That concerns us and we are going to open an investigation to look into it," spokeswoman Ashley Carr told me, adding that funeral homes around the state routinely deal with embassies, consulates and airlines to send home nationals from other countries who die here. The service doesn't normally require anyone to have "friends" in the countries receiving the bodies.
When I asked Mohabir for comment on his troubles with the state, he screamed: "Go to hell! You go to hell! You're a bitch! Get the f--- off my line!" And he hung up.
The National Funeral Homes ad has been running frequently since President Barack Obama and Cuba's Raúl Castro entered into negotiations to establish full diplomatic relations and expand trade and travel.
"We are getting a lot of calls, all of them positive responses to the ad, and you're the only negative one," a woman who identifies herself as Diana Sosa, the manager, tells me when I first call the phone number on the ad.
I ask for Maria Fernandez, who told the state in a 2011 appeals hearing — after Hilbert Mohabir was denied a license — that she was owner and operator of the funeral home (which has operated under as many different names as Mohabir), but Sosa tells me she's not in.
Consumers be warned.
No real agreement has been reached between the U.S. and Cuba, but those who trade and profit from the emotions of the Cuban people are already stepping up their game.
One's final resting place is a personal choice, but why would our dead be better buried anywhere else than here, among us?
This is where these ordinary souls — heart-broken and nostalgic for the homeland they lost, a generation that proudly raised families in anonymity and contributed with their hard work to make Miami what it is today — belong.
This is where they celebrated their children's graduations and weddings, where quinceañeras glowed and baseball was played, where mortgages and tombs were proudly paid off as grandchildren and great-grandchildren grew up, too.
This is where, in the company of those who loved them, and whom they loved most, they now lie in rest. And it's where we, thanks to their sacrifices, wake up every day as free people.


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Scented roses as big as your head, absolutely perfect alstromeria, metre and a half long freedoms, Jackson Pollock style spattered chrysanth blooms and the most exquisite antique carnations... just a few of the flowers on display at London's Intercontinental Hotel last week for Colombia's UK showroom.
Twelve growers travelled all the way from their farms in South America and shipped thousands – we mean THOUSANDS – of their finest flowers to adorn the illustrious hotel's ballroom so that a selection of the UK's volume buyers could awe at their impressiveness. Bosses of the nation's biggest wholesalers attended the event, organised by the Colombian Minister of Agricultura, Asocolflores and ProColombia, which aimed to showcase the very best of what Colombia's flower farms have to offer. And boy was it beautiful.
Pictured above: Tatiana Restrepo of ProColombia, beautiful Colombian dianthus and a hand-tied by Tomas Kosen
Grower Matina Flowers showcased a range of roses that can only be described as out-of-this-world, including humungous white Avalanche and Freedoms nearly as tall as us! Milonga Flowers also displayed a selection of beautifully detailed roses, like these pink Fiesta.
Above: careful packaging for large-headed roses and The Florist web-ed, Hannah, with Matina's 1.5m Freedoms
Many of the growers shipped across wraps and wraps of their favourite cars and spray cars. A few of our favourites came from Turflor, Don Eusebio, Colibri and Flores Aurora, including beauties with delicate crimson edging and exquisite gradients of purple and pink.
Love 'em or hate 'em, there's always a place for dyed blooms and those on display at the showroom really were the top of their game. Even acclaimed florist Judith Blacklock said, "Don't you think somehow, somewhere, you might have a use for these?!", whilst clutching Vegaflor's latest painted blooms. We've coined them Jackson Pollock chrysanths owing to their colourful spattered petals.
We also got to witness alstros by Plazoleta, grown in a series called Perfection which can be the only way to describe them with their long, strong stems and delicate petals.
Sylvia, from Ball, is pictured here with her gorgeous ethically-grown sweet williams, cabbages and foliages.
Judith Blacklock's design demonstration wrapped-up the event. As one of the leading ladies of UK floristry, Judith and her team produced a range of stunning designs including a candelabra using a river of dianthus, an arrangement featuring huge-headed roses alongside sweet wills and artichoke and quirky chrysanthemum balls. Whilst Judith used a range of the fabulous flowers on offer, we felt she had a special soft spot for less luxurious varieties like chrysanth and carnations. She said, "Anyone can make £1000 worth of flowers look nice. The skill lies in making £50 worth of flowers fill a room – making a lot out of a little."
Last but by no means least we have to give a special mention to our brilliant volunteers, as recommended by the Floral Angels, a charity who take used event flowers, repurpose them and give to those in need. We'd like to say a massive thank you to Vanessa Birley, Sandy Spearman, Robina Graham, Sally McCarthy, Annie Fong and Rosalind Cheung, who toiled away all day cutting and conditioning the many, many, many boxes of flower delivered specially for the event. It couldn't have happened without them so Asocolflores were pleased to offer the Floral Angels a donation in return.
All hotel staff were invited to come and grab some flowers at the end of the event. We loved watching them make their own bouquets and leave with hands full, happy faces and gifts for loved ones!
InterContinental Hotel staff enjoying their Colombian blooms
Jairo Cadavid of Asocolflores with growers from Vegaflor and Tatiana from ProColombia
Growers from Matina Flowers and Circasia-Vuelven with Sabrina Jaramillo of ProColombia
Article created in collaboration with Colombian Minister of Agricultura, Asocolflores and ProColombia


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Information governance, a subset of corporate governance, has become a critical organizational competency that healthcare organizations need to embrace in order to find creative ways to thrive in the environment of transformational change in healthcare today. As the lifeblood for every essential analytic and operational function, information is a strategic asset that, like every other organizational asset, requires effective stewardship and management at all levels throughout and across the organization. Integrated with data governance and IT governance, the goal is to break down the silos that contribute to insufficient and ineffective information resources that do not adequately support decision-making or mitigate risk by implementing practical IG strategies based on information value. During this webinar you will hear from successful organization CIO's regarding the benefits of initiating an information governance program now.
1.Overview of the What and Why of Information Governance by Kathy Downing
2.Each C-suite panellist will share:
•Brief overview of organization
•Approach to Information Governance
•Lessons Learned
•Tools and resources being used to support IG
•Competencies of focus / IG projects complete or underway
•Return on investment / $$ Benefits
Jim Bailey
BACTES Imaging Solutions, LLC
Katherine Downing,MA, RHIA,CHPS
Director Practice Excellence
Katherine Lusk
Chief Health Inf Man & Exchange Officer
Children's Health System of Dallas


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"Laugh when you can, apologize when you should, and let go of what you can't change. Life's too short to be anything… but happy."~ Anonymous
Nine years ago, I sat in a bar with "Allen," catching up on old times. It was the first time we'd hung out since we abruptly and cruelly stopped being friends, one cool summer ten years before. A few beers in, I said, "Hey, I just wanted to tell you that I'm sorry for everything I said and did back then." Allen laughed, wrapped his arms around me and rocked me. I thought I'd fall off the barstool.
"Oh…the things we do when we're young!" he said.
Wait a minute….I thought. Where's my apology?
It wasn't the right time, I guess.
But then, last week brought out the #metoo campaign. And nine years can do a lot for a person. Allen and I started talking about the summer, nineteen years ago–the trusted adult who put us in a situation *just* this side of abuse. He remembered a few things about that weekend. He validated what I remembered and he apologized for his part in it. I did, too.
For years, I'd sat alone with my memories of that time–from the strangeness of the hotel room to the caustic argument we had later that summer, where I'd projected my anger at the "trusted adult" against him, and his teenaged boy bravado lashed back. I squirmed for years thinking about the hurtful things I said to Allen, who had once been once of my dearest friends and remembered the sting of what he said to me. Okay, so it took almost twenty decades, but we both offered apologies and forgiveness. There was no dismissing what had happened as "just high school and therefore, didn't matter." I used to say that there should be an automatic forgiveness swipe for (most) everything that a person does before the age of 18, like the Universe shakes a giant Etch-a-Sketch and erases all of our misdeeds and we are supposed to forget everything that happened to us.
First of all, I used an Etch-a-Sketch analogy, I am officially old.
Second, Etch-a-Sketches never truly do erase. You can shake and shake all you want, but there will always be a faint line in the screen where a mark was made. But I think I spent a lot of time pretending no one ever lined my screen, but also that every person I ever hurt was holding onto what I did as though it happened just moments ago. I didn't leave room for me to acknowledge that a part of me still needed healing, or that that I was worthy of forgiveness for what I'd done. 17-year old me, in her corduroy pants and gauzy tank top, unkempt eyebrows and hat stolen from the Theater department, was acknowledged.
She isn't someone from the past. She's a part of me now, too.
Something about me moving back home has given me the opportunity to re-visit and heal some of the old things that hurt. A few months ago, a woman I'd attended elementary school with reached out to me after reading this blog. We shared some stories. Her experiences were similar to mine. Many of the kids who bullied me had also bullied her. We also talked about the kids we'd bullied, ourselves. In somehow acknowledging that to one another, we could forgive ourselves just a little bit. Twelve year old Courtney, in braces and thick glasses, desperately trying to be invisible and even more desperately trying to straighten her hair, was heard and validated.
This weekend I sat with my husband, still agonizing over mistakes I made as High Priestess of my Coven. He tried to remind me of what I've done right, but at the moment, it's still beyond me to see much of the good things my work accomplished. Instead, I only see the disappointed faces of the people I left behind, the angry faces of the people who feel I let them down, the hateful faces of the people who, well, were just hateful. It can't all be my fault. Can anything within the workings between people ever fully be one person's fault and nothing belong to anyone else? Of course not. But I've always been an overachiever. I seem to think I can own all the guilt, too.
I'll get there. I'll get to compassion for myself. I'll find the bottom of the confusion to see what I truly need to own up for. And if Allen and I can offer apologies nineteens years after one of the most painful exchanges I've ever had with another person, there's hope that I'll eventually receive some from those who hurt me, too. I don't have to pretend that everything is okay, but I can move forward with the hope that resolution certainly can come with time.
No great words of wisdom in this! This is just me sharing my thoughts.
One more hope–that more of you have found similar comfort and resolution through the #metoo campaign.


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One of my favorite crafts to make is decorative tea towels. Why? Because the possibilities are endless and you can never have enough tea towels. If for some reason you do, they also make wonderful gifts. So this weekend when I needed a little break from the master closet remodel and playhouse build, I decided to make this decorative summer tea towel DIY. And it is perfect for some summer baking!
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Fun decorative tea towels always make me remember gathering around the kitchen with my mom and 5 sisters in the summer. As all the produce was coming out of the garden, we would spend hours together preserving it. I remember days canning my mom' famous salsa; hours spent cutting corn off the cobs to freeze for winter; and all the time surrounded by fun dish towels.
We used our towels to clean up spills, carry pans, and to rest the hot jars on fresh from the canner. Maybe the memories of preserving the summer harvest is why I love having a drawer full of decorative summer tea towels. And as the produce in my garden is starting to ripen, I am getting ready to use all those towels to start the summer ritual at my own house.
Since I have been having so much fun cutting different materials with my Spellbinders Platinum 6 machine, I decided I wanted to use it to make some more tea towels to get ready for canning season. So far I have tested the cutting strength of the steel rule dies and cut metal, denim, and leather. And last month I used the etched dies to cut vinyl. But it was time to see what else I could cut with all the fun varieties of etched dies (there are so many).
I have a ridiculous amount of fabric stashed in the corners of my craft room, so I decided to put it to use! After falling in love with this sweet bicycle die from Spellbinders, I knew had the perfect rustic stars fabric to make this decorative summer tea towel DIY. Combined with the cute vintage bicycle, it looks like the perfect summer day at the farmhouse.
But before we get into the tutorial, and all my tricks for cutting fabric with the Spellbinders dies, I have some exciting news! It's time for a giveaway!
We are all celebrating summer with Spellbinders and Spellbinders is giving away 3 Platinum 6 machines. Visit the blogs below to see all the fun things you can make and then enter the giveaway below. You can enter multiple times before the giveaway ends July 18 at 11:59PM MST.
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Love Create Celebrate
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Now it's time for the tutorial! Click the arrow below to see how easy it is to make a decorative summer tea towel DIY with Spellbinders.